Zacks.com Announces That Paul McWilliams Highlights the Following Stocks: Catalyst, Harmonic, and Intersil.

CHICAGO -- Paul McWilliams, editor of the Next Inning Research newsletter, believes the odds now favor an upside surprise for April semiconductor sales. Learn about Catalyst (NASDAQ:CATS), Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT), and Intersil (NASDAQ:ISIL). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84

Highlights from the May 31st Featured Expert column by Paul McWilliams include:

A Sampling of Next Inning Model Portfolio And Focus Stock Updates

Catalyst (NASDAQ:CATS): Although McWilliams and his team do not have anything that is terribly definitive, all evidence suggests spot market prices for serial EEPROM's held reasonably strong during the three month period ending April 30, 2005 (CATS fiscal Q4). This should have provided CATS with a reasonable chance to increase sales in this area without significantly reducing their gross margins. However, during the last six months, McWilliams and his team noted several companies have bolstered their offering of white LED drivers. While they concerned as to how this might affect CATS in the longer term, McWilliams and his team doubt it impacted revenue in fiscal Q4.

Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT): appears to be under gentle accumulation. McWilliams and his team first noticed this when the ten-day simple moving average (SMA) started moving towards the 20 day SMA. Following this, and in a very orderly procession, they saw the closing price pop first above the 10-day SMA, then the 20 day SMA, then the 25-day SMA, and finally the 30-day SMA. As it completed taking out these SMA's, McWilliams and his team also saw a bullish cross of the 10-day SMA from below to above the 20-day SMA.

Intersil (NASDAQ:ISIL): While the vast majority of the analog / mixed-signal companies that have reported calendar Q1 results have guided for a 1% to 4% increase in calendar Q2, ISIL guided for a 4% to 6% increase. At the time of this guidance, McWilliams and his team believed this was towards the conservative side of their expectations. However, recent reports from Taiwan indicate read/write heads for DVD drives have been in short supply for about a month. This could negatively impact ISIL sales of laser drivers used in DVD RW applications. However, even if this happens, McWilliams and his team see this as only cooling what they believe is upside rather than jeopardizing ISIL's ability to come in at the high side of their guidance.

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